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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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